Image Credit Help me with this thought. Recently, I listened to other technology leaders talk about virtualizing iPads so the schools could run Windows applications and Flash content on those devices. This seems counterintuitive to the idea of portable technologies as well as vastly increases the costs of putting mobile technologies in schools. Several years … Continue reading Help me with this picture!
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Blackboard World 2011 Notes
The Venetian was the site of Blackboard World 2011 I recently attended two days of the Blackboard World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Below are notes for sessions I attended, my session presentation, and random thoughts. Session: Seven Best Face to Face Practices for Blended learning, Dan Lim and Jinyuan Tao, Florida College of Health … Continue reading Blackboard World 2011 Notes
Online Learning is Upside Down
Online Learning Models are Upside Down Image Source For those who like to listen or read along, the above audio player reads this posting. (5 minutes, 20 seconds) Online learning models are upside down. The proponents of online education state that "credit recovery" is one of the reasons to learn online. This form of learning … Continue reading Online Learning is Upside Down
Moving Schools to Transformation
How do we move schools to transformation and away from "tool use" and "integration?" The diagram above is from my dissertation research where I recommended a planning model, I called the "Technology Planning Web." In that research I concluded that technology policy formulation "focused on collecting the objects of technology . . ." Today … Continue reading Moving Schools to Transformation